Mt. Olivet Cemetery Co. v. Thomas

Mrs. Mary A. Thomas brought this suit against Mt. Olivet Cemetery Company to recover damages for personal injuries which she sustained when when she fell into a sunken grave. .She divided her declaration into a common law count and a statutory count and alleged in the common law count that the defendant was a Tennessee corporation and was engaged in the operation of a cemetery in Davidson County, Tennessee, for profit; her father and mother, were buried in this cemetery; on July 23, 1940, she went to visit their graves and fell into a sunken grave; as a result she sustained serious injuries;…